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Elastic Senior Manager Strategic Sourcing 
Canada 
987046422

17.09.2024

As the Sr. Strategic Sourcing Manager, you and your team will lead global sourcing activities associated with select corporate services and marketing spend categories, including supplier strategy development and coordination of activities to ensure that cost requirements are met. You will be expected to drive projects in all aspects of the sourcing process, from category assessment, cost savings opportunities, vendor due diligence, RFx, contract negotiations, and vendor management. Business services spend categories include but are not limited to Marketing, Events, Sponsorships, Travel, Professional Services, Financial and Legal Services, CAPEX, Benefits, and various Human Resource categories.

What You Will Be Doing

  • Building and improving relationships with key collaborators within the Marketing, HR, Workplaces, Finance, Legal and Sales department(s) to develop sourcing strategies to meet their requirements
  • Collaborating with Finance and Planning counterparts to proactively supervise and evaluate strategic sourcing opportunities and help drive planning and budgeting processes
  • Performing spend, market, and vendor analytical research, and presenting these findings to senior leaders to help drive decision making including maintenance of a preferred vendor database.
  • Reviewing Master Service Agreements, Order Forms, and SOWs with your assigned Contract Manager to ensure Elastic receives phenomenal commercial value and optimizes its legal position within the applicable contract.
  • Capturing product and service specifications from business owners for RFx activities and vendor business reviews
  • Objectives may include savings, process effectiveness, supplier consolidation & management, risk reduction & management, improved visibility & control of expenditures
  • Managing and developing vendor relationships; including as a source of innovation and growth
  • Presenting with Business Partners, coworkers and management in a clear, concise and timely manner
  • Coaching and mentoring your team to help you facilitate all the activities within your role

What You Bring

  • 8 to 12 years meaningful experience working in Sourcing
  • Candidates with an MBA from a reputable school are preferred.
  • Experience leading and coaching a team of at least 3-6 sourcing and contract management professionals located globally (i.e. India, US, Canada, Europe, etc.).
  • Sophisticated contract management skills and the ability to understand and negotiate master service agreements, order forms, SOWs, and various other legal documentation.
  • Strong communication, relationship building, influencing, persuasion, negotiation, presentation, conflict resolution and business analysis skills.
  • This is a global position and will require some limited travel.
  • Be a self-starter with a positive, can-do attitude. Must be willing to work on one’s own initiative and must be focused on achieving goals.

We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.

  • Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
  • Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
  • Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
  • Generous number of vacation days each year
  • Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
  • Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
  • Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

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Elasticsearch develops and distributes encryption software and technology that is subject to U.S. export controls and licensing requirements for individuals who are located in or are nationals of the following sanctioned countries and regions: Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, the Crimea Region of Ukraine, the Donetsk People’s Republic (“DNR”), and the Luhansk People’s Republic (“LNR”). If you are located in or are a national of one of the listed countries or regions, an export license may be required as a condition of your employment in this role. Please note that national origin and/or nationality do not affect eligibility for employment with Elastic.

Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component. The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below.

These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.

An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

The typical starting salary range for this role is:$117,800—$186,400 CAD